Excerpt from OEuvres Complètes de Buffon, Vol. 3Le Cuivre est beaucoup plus dur et par conséquent beaucoup plus élastique et plus sonore que l'ur, duquel néanmoins il ap p'rôëhe plus que les autres métaux impar faits par sa couleur, et même par sa ducti lité, car il est presque aussi ductile que l'argent on le bat en feuilles aussi minces, eton le tire en filets très-déliés.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.